From 66766071b638ef892a8f54741806c302c7b3ff94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Ranke Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:28:30 +0100 Subject: Fixed link and improved text of the github README --- README.md | 32 +++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 764fe794..39bf23b9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ install_github("mkin", "jranke") For a start, have a look at the examples provided in the [mkinfit Documentation](http://kinfit.r-forge.r-project.org/mkin_static/mkinfit.html) or the package vignettes referenced from the -[mkin package documentation page](http://kinfit.r-forge.r-project.org/mkin_static/mkinfit.html) +[mkin package documentation page](http://kinfit.r-forge.r-project.org/mkin_static/index.html) ## Credits @@ -41,22 +41,24 @@ of R and the packages [deSolve](http://cran.r-project.org/package=deSolve), [minpack.lm](http://cran.r-project.org/package=minpack.lm) and [FME](http://cran.r-project.org/package=FME), to say the least. -Also, it was inspired by the first version of KinGUI developed by BayerCropScience, which is based -on the MatLab runtime environment. - -Bayer has developed a successor named KinGUII which is based on mkin, but which added, amongst other -refinements, a graphical user interface (GUI, which is not open source, iteratively -reweighted least squares (IRLS) optimisation of the variance for each of the observed variables, -and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation functionality, similar to what is available e.g. in the -`FME` package. - -Syngenta has sponsored the development of an mkin based GUI application called CAKE, which -adds IRLS and MCMC, is more limited in the model formulation, but puts more weight on usability. -CAKE is available for download from the [CAKE website](http://projects.tessella.com/cake), where -you can also find a zip archive of the R scripts derived from mkin, published under the GPL +Also, it was inspired by the first version of KinGUI developed by +BayerCropScience, which is based on the MatLab runtime environment. + +Bayer has developed a successor named KinGUII whose R code is based on `mkin`, but which +added, amongst other refinements, a closed source graphical user interface +(GUI), iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS) optimisation of the variance +for each of the observed variables, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) +simulation functionality, similar to what is available e.g. in the `FME` +package. + +Syngenta has sponsored the development of an `mkin` (and KinGUII?) based GUI +application called CAKE, which adds IRLS and MCMC, is more limited in the model +formulation, but puts more weight on usability. CAKE is available for download +from the [CAKE website](http://projects.tessella.com/cake), where you can also +find a zip archive of the R scripts derived from `mkin`, published under the GPL license. -Finally, I just noticed the github repositories +Finally, I just (2013-11-11) noticed the github repositories [StudyKin](http://github.com/zhenglei-gao/StudyKin) and [KineticEval](http://github.com/zhenglei-gao/KineticEval), the latter of which appears to be actively developed. -- cgit v1.2.1